11 Burning Questions For WWE Fastlane 2016

7. Is This Brie€™s Farewell?

When Daniel Bryan announced his retirement a couple weeks ago, he tipped his wife€™s hand on her future in WWE. Bryan said that he and Brie Bella were looking forward to having kids soon, which would indicate that Brie either is retiring from in-ring competition or taking a long hiatus. Brie is 32 years old, which would make her an elder stateswoman for the Divas roster. She€™s been on top of the division as part of Team Bella for nearly two years and been a major focus of the Total Divas television program. There isn€™t a whole lot left for her to do in WWE. And if Bryan€™s comment about them starting a family is happening soon, then Sunday€™s match could be something of a farewell for Brie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb9OWdhzFQI It€™s doubtful WWE would pull a title switch to give Brie a big sendoff, but it€™s always possible. Although Charlotte winning cleanly is the logical conclusion, there really are three scenarios here: 1) Charlotte beats Brie cleanly and either injures her or Bella just fades to the background; 2) Brie wins in a shocker and drops the title back to Charlotte on Raw the next night; or 3) Brie wins the title and Charlotte beats her down so badly she vacates the title, setting up the triple threat at Mania.
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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fortunately became a fan in time for WrestleMania III and came back as a fan after a long high school hiatus before WM XIV. Monday nights in the Carlson household are reserved for viewing Raw -- for better or worse.